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Christ Disputing with the Doctors: A Sketch

1652

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching with drypoint

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 13.4 x 22.1 cm (5 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.); Platemark: 12.7 x 21.5 cm (5 x 8 7/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Gilbert P. Schafer 1941.151

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 65 (XVIII.33)

State: i/iii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower left, in plate: Rembrandt. f. 1652 ; lower left, in pen and brown ink: n°64. ; lower right, in pen and brown ink: n c# ; VERSO, center, in graphite: The very rare first state ; lower left, in graphite: 262 / 2 50[sideways] ; lower left, in graphite: a45[0?]25 ; lower left, in graphite: A76628 ; lower center, in graphite: extremely rare ; lower center, in graphite: w log ; lower center, in graphite: [single illegible character]/7[upside down] ; lower right, in graphite: EHO ; lower right, in graphite: B[illegible]

Provenance
Mrs. Gilbert P. Schafer, Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1941
Exhibition history

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.151